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MY JOURNEY IN MYSTIC CHINA: OLD PU'S TRAVEL DIARY By John Blofeld - Hardcover
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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Type
- Diary
- Subjects
- Travel
- ISBN
- 9781594771576
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Inner Traditions International, The Limited
ISBN-10
159477157X
ISBN-13
9781594771576
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038769136
Product Key Features
Book Title
My Journey in Mystic China : Old Pu's Travel Diary
Number of Pages
296 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Taoist, Asia / China, Customs & Traditions
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Philosophy, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
17.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-047366
Reviews
When all is said and done, we owe Daniel Reid a great debt for translating this wonderful travel journal. . . . although 'mystic' appears in the title, this is not really a magical mystical tour and you won't get any tidbits about finding your bliss, so to speak. You basically find what a well-lived life can be like., This is John Blofeld's intimate and heartfelt personal account of a life spent in the old China we have all heard and dreamt about, but which is gone forever. As such it should be savored as a first-class treasure, for it is like a long-lost gem recovered for the world to appreciate. What makes John Blofeld's memoir so uniquely special is the man himself, who, as international traveler, sinologist, translator, and scholar embodied the perfect balance of Yin and Y∠an ideal synthesis of the meeting of East and West., The book reads like a charming account from a long-forgotten era, and that is precisely what it is. Blofeld gives a detailed and scintillating portrait of ancient China, still extant when he lived there--a culture that was highly stratified and regimented, and included the virtues of always welcoming 'guests from afar' such as Blofeld himself, who made a comfortable niche for himself by being the perfect visitor., The discovery of a missing manuscript of Mozart could not bring greater joy than John Blofeld's memoir of his journey through a China that is barely visible nowadays but brought to life once more in this most welcome translation. To read this book is to travel again with this marvelous man on the path he walked so well: the path of the translator, the path of the pilgrim, the path of a stranger in a strange land. The bodhisattvas must be singing., The book is not, strictly speaking, a history of the 1930s and 1940s in China, but for readers looking to gain a deeper understanding of that period, the book will prove quite valuable. It will also be useful to those wishing a deeper understanding of pre-communist Chinese religion and culture, as well as to casual readers who are simply seeking an engaging informative book about China during its early republican period., This is John Blofeld's intimate and heartfelt personal account of a life spent in the old China we have all heard and dreamt about, but which is gone forever. As such it should be savored as a first-class treasure, for it is like a long-lost gem recovered for the world to appreciate. What makes John Blofeld's memoir so uniquely special is the man himself, who, as international traveler, sinologist, translator, and scholar embodied the perfect balance of Yin and Yang; an ideal synthesis of the meeting of East and West., It is fitting that Daniel Reid, whose writings have done so much to bring profound dimensions of Chinese medical, scientific, spiritual, and meditative wisdom to English language readers, has translated this book., When all is said and done, we owe Daniel Reid a great debt for translating this wonderful travel journal. . . . although 'mystic' appears in the title, this is not really a magical mystical tour and you won't get any tidbits about finding your bliss, so to speak. You basically find what a well lived life can be like.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
951.04/2092 B
Table Of Content
Translator's Preface: A Friend from Afar A Note on the Translation Translator's Introduction: The Wheel of Life Foreword by Huang Li-sung: My Lifelong Friendship with John Blofeld Foreword by Chungliang Al Huang: Old Pu's Travel Diary Author's Preface: My Ideal Shangri-la 1 My Preordained Destiny to Tread the Land of the Dragon 2 The Place I Love Most of All--Peking 3 Roaming the Famous Mountains and Monasteries of Northern China 4 Studying Zen and Seeking the Tao While Wandering in the Southwest 5 Travels in Szechuan on My Second Sojourn in China 6 Exotic Encounters in Southern China 7 Souls from Distant Lands Fulfill Their Distant Destinies
Synopsis
This translation of John Blofeld's memoirs as a Westerner living in pre-Communist Revolution China paints an intimate portrait of ancient Chinese civilization. Originally written in Chinese for Chinese readers, Blofeld's travel diary reveals a rare uncensored view of the culture of "old" China., The only English translation of John Blofeld's memoirs as a Westerner living in China prior to the Communist Revolution - Paints an intimate portrait of the grace and refinement of ancient Chinese civilization - Originally written in Chinese for Chinese readers, revealing a rare glimpse of Blofeld's private Chinese side and uncensored views - The last book by the great English sinologist, translator of the I Ching and author of Taoist Mystery and Magic The reveries and remembrances contained in the travel diaries of John Blofeld cover every aspect of his life in China--from visits to opium dens and sing-song houses to sojourns in the Buddhist monasteries and Taoist hermitages of China's sacred mountains. Here is a vivid glimpse of "old" China as it existed in elegance and grace for three thousand years before China's Communist Revolution. Originally written in Chinese for a Chinese audience, Blofeld's travel diary reveals a rare, uncensored view of pre-communist China to which few westerners have been exposed., The only English translation of John Blofeld's memoirs as a Westerner living in China prior to the Communist Revolution * Paints an intimate portrait of the grace and refinement of ancient Chinese civilization * Originally written in Chinese for Chinese readers, revealing a rare glimpse of Blofeld's private Chinese side and uncensored views * The last book by the great English sinologist, translator of the I Ching and author of Taoist Mystery and Magic The reveries and remembrances contained in the travel diaries of John Blofeld cover every aspect of his life in China--from visits to opium dens and sing-song houses to sojourns in the Buddhist monasteries and Taoist hermitages of China's sacred mountains. Here is a vivid glimpse of "old" China as it existed in elegance and grace for three thousand years before China's Communist Revolution. Originally written in Chinese for a Chinese audience, Blofeld's travel diary reveals a rare, uncensored view of pre-communist China to which few westerners have been exposed.
LC Classification Number
DS710.B65413 2008
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